When it comes to sentiment, Wall Street often takes its cues from company insiders. The logic goes that a company’s executives have more insight into the business than the average investor. Therefore, when insiders are buying, that’s a bullish sign, and when insiders are selling, that...

The true value of a company’s assets at any given time usually rests on the bottom line. There’s a reason price-to-earnings is one of the most frequently referenced ratios — earnings-per-share is the most straightforward indication of how well a company is spending investor...

Among the stories coming out of 2017’s Q3 earnings season, there has been a strong theme forming around dividends. One of the most jarring pieces of this puzzle to come out in the past few weeks was headlines that General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) could potentially lower its dividend for...

One of the hardest parts of actively managing a portfolio, whether you’re making short-term trades or long-term investments, is controlling your risk. Actually, it’s probably the hardest part. Everybody wants big gains, but if you’re risking blowing out your account in every trade...

Risk ratios. They’re at the core of every financial analysts’ research. And while there’s far too many of them for most non-finance people to use on a consistent basis, it could at least help to know how the most common risk ratios are used.
There are tools available to quickly...

There’s a lot of value in knowing what the general public consensus is on something, especially when it comes to investing.
Thankfully, there’s a trove of data available to get this information. Sites like TipRanks aggregate professional analyst ratings, while sites like LikeFolio and...

Many traders find that it’s easier to sustain success through stocks that meet certain characteristics, which they understand enough to trade on a consistent basis. These stocks could be in a certain sector or industry, have certain fundamental qualities, or follow specific technical patterns...

As a shorthand for current or potential trends, sentiment is a great gut check on how various segments of the stock market ecosystem are feeling on a particular stock. While sentiment from professional analysts, through ratings, price targets or notes, appeals to traders’ sense of...

Among the hundreds of fundamental and technical indicators used by traders and investors to find stocks poised to deliver the highest return, happiness rarely plays into the equation. Emotions aren’t exactly a feature on a company’s 10-Q or a factor in calculating sentiment.
However, a...